Photo: Joegrimes at English Wikipedia · Public domainAt 3.4%, unemployment in Manlius is lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 33.1 in Syracuse. The two grades for Manlius are B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 5% work in Manlius itself; outside it, Syracuse draws the most (31%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manlius at work: what stands out
Manlius trades workers with the towns around it
Manlius has about as many jobs (1,953) as working residents (1,944), but they are mostly different people: 1,850 residents leave for work each day while 1,859 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Manlius are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Manlius are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
31% of Manlius works in Syracuse
599 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Syracuse, 8.6 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Manlius itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Manlius than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Manlius fell from 2,644 in 2013 to 1,953 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Manlius’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manlius is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #320 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Manlius’ grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($69,942, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manlius could be anywhere from C to A.
How many people are in Manlius by day
On a workday 1,850 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 1,859 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Manlius’ commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manlius workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,920 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from Manlius work
Where Manlius clocks in
31% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Manlius: 1,953 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manlius, 2013 → 2023: 2,644 → 1,953. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manlius’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Manlius
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Manlius, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manlius is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #170 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Manlius near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,180 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.5% of Manlius households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manlius’ commuters take a bus or train.
Manlius next to U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200: 1,577th of 3,938 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,575 | Whitfield FL | 4,261 | $98K | 8.0% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,576 | South Pasadena FL | 5,169 | $53K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,577 | Manlius NY | 4,583 | $70K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,578 | Norwich NY | 3,499 | $63K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,579 | Mill Bay AK | 3,654 | $89K | 9.0% | 0.0% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Manlius, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Manlius: questions
What is the median household income in Manlius?
$69,942 (±$14,174) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manlius?
8.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manlius?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manlius work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (31%, 9 mi), Manlius (13%, 4 mi), DeWitt (13%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manlius walkable?
Manlius is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manlius without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manlius, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manlius
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.